The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-09-23

The recent discoveries In The Geology
Of Dubois county has been very much
discussed, and with much pride 70 Old
Dubois We can Say: "The surfaco Do
posits consists OF pure clsys, or those
slightly mixed with gravel OF g1sciaI
drift and trees, with subsequent iacu.
strain and alluvial deposits. or these
the alIuvial II found IN the river bot
toms, and its origin 10 due to causes
now il action. Il 10 formed from the
decomposition Of the older rocks. con-
tains their best e1ements, and u The most
fertile land In the county. Lscustriue
deposits consists OF clays and impalpable
iniercolations OF Bilicious material, with
occasional layers of quick sand. II ID
found between ireland and Dwell; the
Ioess caps the highest hills Of the coun-
try. Il is . warm, ioomy sand, imper-
fectly stratiiied, twenty TO thirty feet II
thickness, IL rich in plant food, and ID
called the walnut level, name given By
e. T. Cox, State Geologist, il bic report.
The glacial drift contisn Of white and
blue plastic clay. and clay with iron
nodules. which can b seen near Mr..
Frank Beck's, on tho Portersville road,
near Jno. Goetz', on the CeIestine road,
near Peter Breitwieser's, on the Knox
vile road, near the old mill site. IN Pa
toka river, formerly the Reiling mill,
and spreads cut over the system Of hills
and valleys formed during the drift pc
ricd. In the southern part Of the coun-
y 4 Il only > few inches thick. but on
the north becomes about eight or ten
feet. The paleozoic geology 10 accord
ing to Mr.. George Pearson, formerly ol
Pittsburg, Pa, who took : survey, and
to whom am indebted for this report.
He, at the time Was working for Mr.
Thomson, Of Penn, who was hooking for
zinc 10 this county. win give Il . be
gave Il to me:
Soih 2 to 10 feek
shaIey sand stone 10 fsst.
Black slate sso ]: fsst.
Fire clay, y
Silicious shale and sand stone, 8
Fire clay with iron nodules,
silicious and lime stone, 8 % 16 feet.
Gray siiicicus iii shsls, TO 5
Different veins Of coal will b found,
ou0 ul9 ORtuaV0 ~ tuot ~ .N~@HS .u~1
|gas or probably oil IL the black slale,
which, q be elaine, abounds y ansm-
'al oils, and 3 Of vegetable origin.
He & that time found. - - cloluo
dino near uuli cseek, hut oot (olkc11ol
no work. /, myself COrrespondo4 win
Mr. Thompson, and he assured - thal
valuable cres Were 10 Dubois county, bu'
|ns he believed not sufficient to inves'
money. but urged me to send him sam
piles, II any found. Take the ol1cial re-
port or Nj. Chas. HartsfeId, Of Newport
KY. md . this is gentleman well
qualified; and taxa also, Prof John
Hurty's reports, and you will zee thai
Dubois county will not enly Be 90 agri'
cultural county, but also : mineral
county.
Our town Of jasper, with its gee, oil
and mineral corporation, with capital
stock OF $1,000 will soon commence
business, % cool weather q at hand and
every body rested. Every one sees that
they can not let such good chance slip.
Should We find gas or oil, the improves
ments would Be immense, and our town
or 1000 population would soon increase
5000 and more. Il would be folly not
to try and improve, - everything ia
looking bright In the future. Xxx.